Political Parties guided reading

An organized group of people with similar political views on how the government should be run is called:

• political party

• platform

• convention

Political parties play a major role in our government by:

• giving citizens an opportunity to participate in the political process

• by setting voting requirements

• by revolving around a political personality

Recruiting and nominating candidates, helping candidates win elections, educating the voters, and monitoring officeholders are :

• differences in political parties

• third party similarities

• roles of parties in the political process

The political process of the USA is best described as:

• one party system

• two party system

• limited party system

True or False: the political system of the USA is described as a two party system because are two major parties that compete for control of the government

• True

• False

What are the two major political parties in the USA today?

• Whigs and Tories

• Federalist and Democratic-Republicans

• Liberal and Conservative

• Republicans and Democrats

True or False: Democrats are described as liberal, whole Republicans are described as conservative.

• True

• False

Organizing to win elections, influence public policy (work of the government), reflect liberal and conservative views, and appeal to the political center are:

• roles of political parties

• similarities of political parties

• planks of political platforms

Radical, reactionary, and extreme views tend to attract most US voters.

• True

• False

These parties rarely win elections and tend to revolving around a political personalty:

• Major parties

• third parties

• multiple parties